A Colombian Judge Openly Admitted Using ChatGPT to Help Write a Legal Ruling — and Cited It in the Decision

Judge Juan Manuel Padilla García of Colombia's First Circuit Court of Cartagena asked ChatGPT whether an autistic child should receive free health insurance coverage from a carrier that had denied the claim. He included ChatGPT's response verbatim in his ruling, complete with a citation. ChatGPT sided with the child. The judge later defended the move, saying AI was a 'tool' that saved him time. Legal experts noted the ruling was technically correct — but that a judge outsourcing legal reasoning to an AI chatbot raises serious constitutional questions.

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A Colombian Judge Openly Admitted Using ChatGPT to Help Write a Legal Ruling — and Cited It in the Decision

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Judge Juan Manuel Padilla García of Colombia's First Circuit Court of Cartagena asked ChatGPT whether an autistic child should receive free health insurance coverage from a carrier that had denied the claim. He included ChatGPT's response verbatim in his ruling, complete with a citation. ChatGPT sided with the child. The judge later defended the move, saying AI was a 'tool' that saved him time. Legal experts noted the ruling was technically correct — but that a judge outsourcing legal reasoning to an AI chatbot raises serious constitutional questions.

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